The Swinamer Foundation
Private foundation · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 793474107RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($31,661) as filed with the CRA.
The Swinamer Foundation is a private foundation based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $605K in revenue and $32K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 99% from donations.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 66% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 3 qualified donees totalling $30K in 2024, the largest being $10K to Meals on Wheels Volunteer Service. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The objects of the foundation are objects which by law are exclusively charitable and shall include: (1) to accept gifts donations bequests and legacies of property of every description (contributions); (2) to receive and maintain contributions as part of the trust fund; from time to time to registered charities or qualified donees as defined in the income tax act. The settler of the foundation expressed the wish that consideration be given to seniors education animals and nature trust concepts. The foundation will not carry out any charitable activities in its own right. Instead its…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2021–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $605K | $32K | — | — | $30K | $761K |
| 2023 | $102K | $10K | — | — | $10K | $187K |
| 2022 | $100K | $5,000 | — | — | $5,000 | $95K |
| 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | $100 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Receipted donations$600,000
- Investment income$5,239
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $30K to 3 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Larry Swinamer (chair and trustee); Susan Macintosh (trustee); Carson Swinamer (trustee); Karim George (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Swinamer Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 793474107RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.